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Lawrence Copeland Sr (abt. 1590 - 1651)

Lawrence Copeland Sr
Born about in Northumberland, Englandmap
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Died at about age 61 in Dolphinholme, Lancashire, Englandmap
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Biography

He was born about 1590 in Northumberland, England and his parents were Ruth (Becton) and Robert Copeland (1548–1596).

Lawrence Copeland married Susanna Hill (1592–1630).

He leased from Roger Dalton, for £35s, a tenement called Dolphinlee in Bulk, Lancashire, England. Bulk is located on the north side of Lancaster, Lancashire, England while Dolphinholme is 6 miles to the southeast of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

He held Dolphinlee, at the start of the civil war about 1642, when two thirds was sequestered for recusancy. The Vic County historical reference for sequestration is to the Royalist Composition Papers. He was possibly a Catholic [1] who were persecuted as such, but members of the family continued in their faith. Dolphinlee is thought to have been a place where masses took place. There is an unreferenced account of Dolpinlee, which may have later housed a secret chapel for Catholics from the area. [2]

He died about a week after the preceding Michaelmas (ie: the first week in October) in 1651 in Dolphinholme, Lancashire, England and was buried at St.Mary's Church Cemetery in Dolphin Leigh Manor, Lancashire, England. [3]

He bequeathed [4] the tenement to his son John Copeland, who died leaving it to an infant son, Lawrence "now called Timothy" Copeland. Because his father, Lawrence Copeland (Sr.), the recusant was "lately dead", Robert Copeland petioned for the tenancy of Dolphin Lee in November 1651. [5] Lawrence Copeland (Jr.), yeomen, also petitioned on behalf of an Ellen Dalton (p109ff). The following pages include information on the Dalton family. Thomas Dalton was the Lord of the Manor of Bulke and was specifically said to be a papist.

About the 1630s some Copelands emigrated to America to escape persecution, in particular ...

"John Copeland, son of Lawrence, born in 1612, sailed to America in 1635 on the "Assurance de Lo". He had married, possibly outside his local community, a Miss Radcliffe from Lancaster".

Some of his sons went to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, England, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

Sons' Church Records on Freereg

- Robert CAWPLANN, bpt: 21 Feb 1607/8 St.Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England

- Lawrenc COPELAND, bpt: 12 Feb 1608/9 St.Mary the Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

- John COOPLANDE, bpt: 24 Feb 1611/2 St.Mary the Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England; John COAPLAN, buried: 10 May 1615 St.Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England

- Thomas CAPLAND, bpt: 24 Aug 1613 St.Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England

- Willm. COPLAND, bpt: 06 Jul 1616 St.Mary the Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England; William COPLAN, buried: 24 Oct 1616 St.Michael, Cockerham, Lancashire, England

Many of the Dalton family (armigers) were also baptised in Cockerham, Lancashire, England.

Children

  1. Robert Copeland, b: 1608 England; d: 1670
  2. John Joseph Copeland, b: 24 Feb 1617; d: aft.1681; m: Sarah Ratcliff
  3. Elizabeth Copeland, b: c1617
  4. Francis Copeland, b: c1619
  5. Henry Copeland, b: 1621; d: 1666
  6. James Copeland, b: 1623
  7. Susan Copeland, b: 1624
  8. Mary Copeland, b: c1625; d: c1723
  9. Thomas Copeland, b: 1627; d: 1693
  10. Lawrence Copeland, Jr., b: England; d: 30 Dec 1699; m: 12 Dec 1651 Lydia Townsend.

Research Notes

Originally Cooplande was of Viking descent, probably Danish. The Copeland family went into England sometime in the 9th century,

Sources

  1. ↑ Miscellanea by Catholic Records Society v6 p245; for Copeland family of Dolphinlee; not typical "Puritan" migrants
  2. ↑ http://www.britarch.ac.uk/lahs/Contrebis/24_21_Hudson.pdf
  3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77203014 for Lawrence C. Copeland, b: 1590 Northumberland, England; d: 1630 Lancashire, England; as burial unknown
  4. ↑ 1651 Will of Lawrence Copeland of Dolphinlee at Lancashire archives
  5. ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol8/pp49-50#fnn18
  • Deed which included sons, Robert, Lawrence and John
  • Deed which included sons, Robert, John and Thomas
  • 1637 Letter from Lawrence Copeland (Jr.) to Lawrence Copeland (Sr.) at Dolphinlee; Lancashire archives (which also has 1676 Will of Thomas Copeland and 1697 Will of John Copeland)
  • Rootsweb Online Website by Webbs Bay Blackman Jr., citing b: c1590 Dolphin Lea, Lancashire, England

Acknowledgments

  • Copeland-287 was created on 10 Jun 2011 by Sheri Anderson through the import of Anderson Family Tree.ged
  • Copeland-376 was created on 11 July 2011 by Adele Schauman through the import of Adele Schauman Skinner_2011-07-11.ged
  • Copeland-469 was created on 20 Aug 2011 by Mike Walton through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged
  • Copeland-949 was created on 19 Mar 2013 by Robert Cherry through the import of CherryOttosen_2013-03-19.ged




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Helen (Coleman) Ford
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Dolphinlee is in Lancashire, it's the name of a tenement in the township of Bulke. The Copelands held it from the Dalton family.The Lawrence of this period is the probable father of only some of the linked children. He is said to have been married to an Ellen, and Dolphinlee farmhouse had 1623 with the initials LCE carved on the lintel. he died in 1651. He is fairly well documented, a Catholic recusant and thus 2/3 of his land was sequestered by Parliament. He had sons Robert, John, Lawrence and Thomas. Some may have gone to the New World in the 1630s but Robert was in England in 1651 when he claimed his right to the Dolphinlee tenement.

posted by Helen (Coleman) Ford
Bertrem-1 Rayan (Bertrem) Turner
Copeland-287 and Copeland-2728 appear to represent the same person because: These individuals have the same parents, same children, same wife, same place and date of birth. It is highly unlikely that they are brothers with the same name (as previously denoted) unless one of these individuals died young. Since they both live long enough to marry, this is not the case.
posted by Rayan (Bertrem) Turner

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